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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

thing go
a separate and self-contained entity

part, piece go
a portion of a natural object

body part go
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure go
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

plexus, rete
a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

noun.body

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aortic plexus go
a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta
nerve plexus go
a network of intersecting nerves
choroid plexus, plexus choroideus go
a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis go
a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
pterygoid plexus go
a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins
rete testis go
network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia